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Future Summit 2025 to host leaders from NVIDIA, AWS Canada, Alberta government, and more

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/03/2025 07:00 EDT

A closer look at the sessions and power players shaping Future Summit’s inaugural gathering on Nov 18 to 20. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 02/14/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Tories push Trudeau for plan to lure crypto investment. Read more ›

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Who are Canada’s ‘soonicorns’?

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 02/13/2022 16:25 EDT

BetaKit knew them before they were famous. Read more ›

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Cyclica spins out startup, Perturba Therapeutics, from University of Toronto

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 1 place · 02/11/2022 16:13 EDT

Perturba fuses AI-drug design and biological science. Read more ›

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11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2022

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Kevin Sandhu @ BetaKit 1 place · 02/11/2022 11:35 EDT

ControlHQ’s co-founder is back with his #CDNtech crystal ball. Read more ›

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Wafra Capital Partners acquires Toronto FinTech startup Financeit from Goldman Sachs

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 1 place · 02/11/2022 11:17 EDT

The sale comes five years after Goldman Sachs acquired Financeit. Read more ›

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Potential Motors closes $4 million CAD to improve off-road electric vehicle performance

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 02/11/2022 06:00 EDT

The startup focuses on “the most overlooked space in electrification.” Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – PointClickCare’s audacious acquisition

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 02/11/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Remote patient monitoring is raking in venture funding. Read more ›

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Oncology innovators Canexia Health, Imagia merge, raise $20 million

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 02/10/2022 16:58 EDT

Imagia CEO Geralyn Ochab will lead the combined companies. Read more ›

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Wyvern secures $4 million from SDTC to use satellite tech for farming

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 02/10/2022 15:01 EDT

Wyvern previously raised $4.5 million in pre-seed, seed funding. Read more ›

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Dream Legacy Foundation, DMZ launch coaching program for Black founders

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 02/10/2022 14:48 EDT

Program designed to help founders overcome barriers to business. Read more ›

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Montréal Inc and Bonjour Startup Montréal merge, become Startup Montréal

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 02/10/2022 13:00 EDT

The new org will have “a substantially greater impact,” says Startup Montréal. Read more ›

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Gatineau-based Cilex granted $230,000 from federal government to enhance tech incubation services

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 2 place · 02/10/2022 11:10 EDT

Cilex will create new incubation, acceleration services for cybersecurity. Read more ›

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Hospitality platform 7shifts secures $101.6 million CAD to increase staffing, product development

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 02/10/2022 10:37 EDT

Startup says it added more than 10,000 restaurants to its platform last year. Read more ›

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Odaia secures $17.5 million CAD to help pharma firms focus their sales and marketing with AI

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 02/10/2022 09:05 EDT

Odaia aims to be a “one-stop shop” for pharma data analysis. Read more ›

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Micruity aims to “pensionize” 401(k) plans as it lands $6.5 million CAD seed round

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit · 02/10/2022 06:01 EDT

Franklin Templeton and Allianz Life both made strategic investments in Micruity. Read more ›

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Cubbi secures $1.35 million CAD to expand its food delivery and storage platform

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 1 place · 02/10/2022 05:59 EDT

The food delivery startup comes from same city as SkipTheDishes. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed’s Age of Dax is over

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 02/10/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Amazon confronts pandemic costs and raises the price of Prime. Read more ›

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Axya raises $3.9 million in seed extension to scale deployment of supply chain software

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 02/09/2022 14:20 EDT

The initial round closed in March and raised $1.5 million. Read more ›

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SVB reports Canadian tech startups drew record $16 billion in investment in 2021

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 02/09/2022 12:44 EDT

Canadian tech almost tripled 2020’s funding numbers. Read more ›

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Newton Crypto now valued at $253 million following $25 million CAD Series B round

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 02/09/2022 12:32 EDT

Tiny Capital, Shopify co-founder Tobias Lütke’s Snowdevil Capital helped fuel the financing. Read more ›

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